Exotic matter could show up in the LHC this year

THE world’s most powerful particle smasher could start making major discoveries sooner than we thought.

Evidence of supersymmetry (SUSY), a theory that helps solve several cosmological mysteries, as well as exotic new types of matter may emerge at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN near Geneva, Switzerland, by the end of the year. That is if certain particles can decay into lighter ones via newly discovered pathways that are relatively easy to spot.

The assumption had been that the LHC would not have smashed enough particles together by December to see clear evidence of (SUSY). This …